It's not a competition. There's always someone who has it worse, and that does not invalidate anyone else's struggles.
I'm self centered because I consider other people's feelings before addressing them?
I'm sorry that I didn't consider how annoying it must be for you to respect other humans in your vicinity.
I'm an effort to be more like you, I will disregard your username and call you Fucko. In the future, I'll expect you to respond to the name Fucko, as not to oppress my freedom of speech. Sound good, Fucko?
Nope. Literally opposites.
You are imposing YOUR will on another when you purposely use the wrong pronoun.
YOU ARE THE OPPRESSOR, NOT THE OPPRESSED.
Oh, maybe I misunderstood. If that's the case, I guess that's at least a more accurate comparison than what I thought they meant.
I thought they meant that someone asking them to use a preferred pronoun was like forcing them to wear a burka.
The term "demanding" led me to that assumption.
If someone wants to wear one, that's fine, and irrelevant to this conversation. I was referring to people who are forced to wear one despite their wishes.
Not at all.
Demanding a pronoun is like demanding that someone call you by your name.
Demanding a burka is like demanding someone else respond to whatever pronoun YOU want to call them.
One is demanding that people refer to you the way you want to be referred. The other is forcing something into someone else.
Give a hoot, mother fucker!
Not really, but whenever a year in the future is mentioned, I do wonder if I'll be around for it.